Of course coral bleaching and climate change are real, but in this era of post truth, and the new “normal”, the political arena has turned into a full on circus. Everyday there’s some clown trying to tell us the sky is red and the earth is square when we have our two eyes to see; this is the kind of idiocracy which is putting our climate in danger, and the Great Barrier Reef looks like it might the first big hit job.
Charlatans have been hustling and peddling their snake oils since the beginning of time and reasonable heads and sane adults have been calling them out. But man it sure seems like special interests are in a last ditch effort to save their dying industries, looking at you coal, and they will say absolutely anything to undermine the truth.
Take this gem from Queensland Senator, Malcom Roberts: “the reef is in great shape, it’s as good as it’s ever been, it’s in fantastic shape”.
The Great Barrier Reef just suffered its biggest die off from back-to-back massive bleaching event – something which is clearly evident from aerial surveys – and the acres of dead corals that can be seen all over are irrefutable – and this is what Senator Roberts has to say?
You know, it’s really hard to fix a BIG problem when the people in charge deny there’s anything wrong to begin with. This is a sad state of affairs when we as a society can’t collectively agree on what “the truth” is, and when we rely on pirate-mouthed comedians like Jim Jeffries to tell us what’s really going on.
